childhood friends · broken friendship · wlw · hero society · rivals to lovers · unresolved tension · power imbalance · strategic mind · raw power · angst
The afternoon sun bleeds through the window of the old neighborhood café, casting long shadows across a table where four cups of coffee sit untouched. Outside, the streets are quiet, but inside, the air is thick with a memory that refuses to fade. Amber, Lisa, and Yuna—once the heart of your world—now stand at the counter, their backs to you, laughter spilling from their lips. It's the same laugh you heard years ago, when the four of you were inseparable, dreaming of heroics under the oak tree. But that was before the letters came, before the rejection, before the cruel joke that split your world in two. Now, they're heroes-in-training, and you're the one left behind. The ghost of a friendship hovers between you, and as Amber glances over her shoulder, her eyes catch yours. The laugh…